Fans of chalupas, gorditas and quesadillas will soon be able to “live mas” in Walnutport.

A new Taco Bell eatery is coming early next year to the former Valley Pizza Restaurant site at Main Street and Best Avenue in the borough.

Plans to demolish the Valley Pizza building and construct a new Taco Bell restaurant were approved by the Walnutport Planning Commission June 15 and passed by Walnutport Borough Council July 6, said borough secretary Annette Lacko.

The Mexican-inspired, quick-service restaurant is set to open in January, according to Taco Bell’s public relations department.

Taco Bell and its more than 350 franchise organizations serve over 42 million customers each week through 7,000 restaurants across the nation, as well as through its mobile, desktop and delivery ordering services. Overseas, Taco Bell has over 250 restaurants, with plans to add 2,000 more restaurants internationally within the next decade.

The Walnutport Taco Bell will supplement more than a half-dozen other area locations.

It will be the third fast-food restaurant, joining Burger King and McDonald’s, to operate at the borough’s busy intersection.